Last night, three shows dominated their nominated categories as August: Osage County, South Pacific and In The Heights ran away with a combined 16 Tony awards between the three productions. Included in these awards, South Pacific won Best Revival of a Musical, In The Heights won Best Musical and August: Osage County won Best Play.Hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, the 62nd Tony Awards were presented by the Theatre Wing and the Broadway League. Throughout the show, she used her comedy skills to spoof past Tony winners such as Spamalot, Phantom and A Chorus Line.
Opening with The Lion King, Circle of Life was performed in celebration of its' 10th Anniversary on Broadway. Among the many exciting performances, Xanadu s
ang Don't Walk Away, and In the Heights performed 96,000.The highlight for this critic was the reunion of the Original Broadway Cast of RENT. As Anthony Rapp, did a small narration the new cast was highlighted with a short performance of La Vie Boheme. After, the original cast came on and talked about how RENT revolutionized the Broadway stage and mentioned how Jonathan Larson, creator, passed away the morning of the show. As both casts sang the theme song, Seasons of Love, the entire Radio City Music Hall rose to their feet and gave an amazing standing ovation to a show that has touched the lives of so many people.
Other multiple-winning shows were Boeing-Boeing with two, Gypsy with three and The 39 Steps with two.
If you take a look at the Director's Chair, you will see that even this critic can make a mistake. I predicted two winners and was only correct on one. I got the Best Musical category correct.
Congratulations to all winners and if you get up to New York, be sure to see any show up there. It doesn't matter if it won a Tony this year or not, they are all amazing.
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